Blennerhasset and Kirkland, Cumberland
Historical Description
Blennerhasset and Kirkland, a township in Torpenhow parish, Cumberland, on the river Ellen, ½ mile from Baggrow station on the Carlisle and Maryport railway, and 4 miles WNW of Ireby. It has a post office under Aspatria (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Mealsgate. Acreage, 1263; population, 503. There is a Congregational chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cumberland | |
Civil parish | Torpenhow | |
Poor Law union | Wigton | |
Ward | Allerdale below Derwent |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Blennerhasset and Kirkland from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Blennerhasset, with Kirkland)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.